Girls are progressing

It must be really hard on that girl to ran away from home and be alone for so many years. But I am impressed coz she was able to make her life the way it is now. All her struggles have paid off.

Success is not for the feint of heart. It requires a positive attitude, patience, perseverance, and persistence. Twenty years is a long time but not for the determined person.

So she is now 37 years old?

So what exactly is the progress of that? Women/girls already run out since ages. They also leave everyting behind to get married at an early age. Hundreds of years ago they were fighting (as a man/young man) in the army and were great too. They did all kind of professions to improve their lives in a world full of men where women were not wanted at all or looked down on (and still are). This is not about progress but about women with strong characters, willing to give up what others see as social secure (family, friends), just to be free. It's not progress you talk about but fighting for your rights, your own freedom in a world that is not tolerating it.

One girl making it does not mean girls are progressing today. In countries such as India, women are still so far behind, dependent on a guy to marry them so they can exist just to have children and do all the work. Dowries are still common in many places such as this. Only those born in to upper classes, who have the opportunities for education and enrichment may pass this type of life by. Even in the U.S., where I live, women still aren't paid as much as men for the same type of work and jobs. It's improved, but there's still no real equality.